From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Prattle \Prat"tle\, n.
Trifling or childish tattle; empty talk; loquacity on trivial
subjects; prate; babble.
[1913 Webster]
Mere prattle, without practice. --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Prattle \Prat"tle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Prattled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Prattling}.] [Freq. of prate.]
To talk much and idly; to prate; hence, to talk lightly and
artlessly, like a child; to utter child's talk.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Prattle \Prat"tle\, v. t.
To utter as prattle; to babble; as, to prattle treason.
--Addison.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prattle
n 1: idle or foolish and irrelevant talk [syn: {prate},
{prattle}, {idle talk}, {blether}, {chin music}]
v 1: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
[syn: {chatter}, {piffle}, {palaver}, {prate}, {tittle-
tattle}, {twaddle}, {clack}, {maunder}, {prattle}, {blab},
{gibber}, {tattle}, {blabber}, {gabble}]
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